ABC Radio National Roundtable discussion on cognitive enhancement – 25/03/2018

Is it possible to use medications to enhance a healthy person’s cognition, and is this something that people should be attempting to do?

On Sunday 25 March, BBMMLAB Principal Investigator Carsten Murawski joined Cambridge University’s Barbara Sahakian and the University of Sydney’s Cynthia Forlini in an ABC Radio National Roundtable discussion hosted by Hugh Rimington, debating the ethics and efficacy of the non-prescription use of medications for cognitive enhancement. Do these medications work? Who do we think is using them for cognitive enhancement? What are the ethical questions surrounding their use?